Apolinario Mabini

Apolinario Mabini y Maranan (23 July 1864-13 May 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary leader who served as Prime Minister of the Philippines from 23 January to 7 May 1899, preceding Pedro Paterno.

Biography
Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was born in Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines on 23 July 1864, and he was well-educated despite coming from a poor background. He was legal-minded despite never becoming a lawyer, and he instead became involved in nationalist politics during the 1890s, inspired by Jose Rizal's martyrdom. Mabini lost the use of his legs after falling ill with polio from 1895 to 1896, but he became Emilio Aguinaldo's chief advisor and served as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines under the country's first President, Aguinaldo. While the Spanish had underestimated the crippled Mabini during the Philippine War of Independence, the United States was aware of his great intellect during the Philippine-American War, and he was captured on 10 December 1899 and briefly granted leave to meet with President William Howard Taft before being interned on Guam. He died of cholera shortly after his return to Manila in 1903.